Quotes about Adversity
An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
- Proverbs 17:11
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
- Proverbs 22:5
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
- Proverbs 24:10
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- Proverbs 24:16
Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
- Proverbs 25:19
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
- Ecclesiastes 5:17
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Ecclesiastes 12:1
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
- Isaiah 8:15
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
- Isaiah 30:20
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 38:12
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
- Isaiah 41:11